Our excellent SmartLCD and Keypads are now on sale! www.hobbycomponents.com The SmartLCD Keypad Kit is an optional add-on for the Hobby Components SmartLCD (HCMODU0122). When constructed this add-on board connects to the SmartLCD’s keypad header using a single 4 way cable (supplied). Once connected it adds the additional features of keypad control (up, down,…
New items now on sale at www.hobbycomponents.com HOBBY COMPONENTS TARGET / PROTOTYPING / ZIF BUNDLES This prototyping/programming board is designed for use with the Atmel ATMega48P, ATMega168P, & ATmega328P microcontrollers. The board has a number of features including a 24×12 0.1″ grid prototyping area specifically laid out to match the pin-out of these devices….
NEW PRODUCTS NOW AVAILABLE AT WWW.HOBBYCOMPONENTS.COM 4 CHANNEL 433MHZ WIRELESS RECEIVER WITH REMOTE FOB This item is a wireless 4 channel remote controlled module with a battery operated transmitter fob. The fob has 4 individual buttons which, when pressed, will trigger one of the 4 digital output pins on the receiver module. When no buttons…
NEW PRODUCTS NOW AVAILABLE AT WWW.HOBBYCOMPONENTS.COM 310 Piece DuPont Bundle This kit is comprised of various dupont housings and pins and is excellent for electronics prototyping. The kit includes the following items all packed in a plastic case for easy storage. We also sell the headers and pins seperately so you’re able to quickly refil…
We’ve been busy working away to bring you 5 new libraries for the Arduino to compliment a new range of sensor/driver modules we’re now stocking. These libraries are freely available and can be downloaded from the software section of our support forum (see links below for each library and example sketches): Library 1) HCPCA9685 –…
The ATtiny84 and ATtiny85 microcontrollers are great little devices when you need the flexibility of a microcontoller in your project but don’t need all the bells and whistles of the more complex microcontrollers found in common Arduino boards, such as the Arduino Mega or Uno. That said, for such a small pin count they are…
We’re happy to announce that our popular low cost 8 channel logic analyser is now the first officially dedicated hardware for the excellent open source sigrok signal analysis software. You can check out sigrok’s announcement via their blog site: http://www.sigrok.org/blog/new-logo-works-sigrok Using the analyser together with sigrok’s PulseView or sigrok-cli (command line version) software you…
One of the questions we commonly get asked is how to go about using an Arduino to control a motor from a potentiometer. Lots of people out there would like to do this but just don’t quite have enough programming knowledge to get an Arduino to do this. So to compliment the release of our…
LED light cubes are a hugely popular and fun project and with the help of the Hobby Components kit you will have all the parts to build your very own. Building on the popular 8x8x8 cube kit (HCKITS0022), we decided to create a through-hole version for those of you who are better suited to this…
How to get started with our serial seven segment display module and make a cool scrolling display. This 8 Digit Seven Segment Display Module takes advantage of the Maxim MAX7219 driver IC to allow you to driver its 8 seven segment LED’s using just 3 digital pins. The display removes all the awkward things…
